If nothing else, Bostonians have been getting folks together to talk about food. This year’s events included the Tufts Food Symposium, the Food Project’s Farming the City conference, the ACGA conference, Barbara Kingsolver talking about her family’s year of eating locally, Vandana Shiva in Cambridge, local growers & grocers at the JP Forum, and more growers & grocers at Lucy Parsons.

In addition to all the gabbing, Slow Food put on a couple series of potlucks, as did my community garden, the Food Project, and many others. A number of food-related bike rides went down (and I missed them all; next year!). A bunch of folks I know started gardens for the first time, and started putting up their own & other local produce for the winter.

Looking forwards to 2008, it’ll be interesting to see if our apparent momentum towards more local & sustainable foods keeps on movin’. Off the top of my head, there are a few stories to watch. JP’s incomparable City Feed will be adding a second, bigger location and has indicated that they’re aiming to purvey more local foods. Harvest Co-op (hey, new web site!) has a few new directors on its board (including yours truly) with commitments to a healthy local food system. Brown & the Food Project are working together with Yale and other northeastern schools to build the student movement for sustainable and responsible food on campus.

Other notable local events for ‘07? Things to look forward to in ‘08? Your comments, as always, are appreciated.